Glass-melting pot.



E. A. GLLlNDER. GLASS MELTlNG POT. APPLICAUON HLED 55111.11, 1915.

Patented Apr. 241, 19N.

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'andan a. qrnnrnnnn, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

e.. GLASS-MELTING POT.

` Specification of Lettersbattent` Patented Apr. 2417, figli?.

Application filed September i?, ioni. serial No. 51,134.

To all 'whom t may concern.; l BC it known @hat l; @nenn A. GILLINDER, il Citizen. the nited States, residing in 'the city. and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and useful Glass-Melting Pot, of which the following is a speciiication..y

Mynvention consists of a glass melting De@ provided with auxiliary chamber 1n communication with the body of said pot, Said Chamber being adapted to receive the molten lass fromwhch the latter may be removtni:d or taken out by the glass blowing pipes or tubes, in a more convenient manner than heretofore, and a number of'such pipes or tiibes may be introduced simpl-- taneously into said chamber, so that a greater amount of work may be aQQQmr lplished in a given time.

- Tho invention iS satisfactorily illustrated in the aooompanyin f drawing, but the important IlSlllimlltiiites thereof may be varied, as ion l as they are included in the scope of the o aims.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a glass melting pot embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front view thereof on a reduced scale.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section on the liney Eig, 1.,

Fig. 4 represents a transverse vertical sec- 01011.09 techno Fig .1

Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section of a nor-tion on the imo -o Fig- 3.

Similar numeralsef reference indicate corresponding parte in the ligeros.

Referring to the drawings.

l designates the body of a glass melting not. the same being provided `in its wall with, the feed openl'no or inlet 2 which 1s adopted to bo, closed a suitable plug or QQYQL, those features per se being well known the art. At the front of said body 1s the well 3 o which is in communication with the interor of said body by means of the passage t between said well and body', said well be- .ing formed of the vertical front and side wall 5 which joins the front wall G of said body and-is set out therefrom, and the closed bottom 7 which is forward vextension of the bottom 8 of said body 1, said bottom 8 being inclined from rear to front.

It will be noticed that the lower portion l of the front wall 6 of the/ body which is rearward of the 4front wall of the well 8' 1s cut away or removed to the bottom 8 of the body l, forming the passage 4;, as referred to. The top of the well is open, but may be closed by a cover of suitable form, as shown dotted as at 9, see Fig. 3, so as to retain heat within the well during the melting operation in the furnace employed.

It will be seen that the vrefined molten glass will low from the body through the passage 4 into the well 3, and so supply the latter, from whence it maybereadily taken out by the pipesdr tubes dipped into the well from the top thereof, its cover` 9 having been removed, it being seen also tliatample; room is provided for the use of a plurality of pipes or tubes in said well, and said pipes or ubes can be used 1n upright or perpendicular direction which is more convenient than that heretofore lpractised byk introducing such pipes or tubes in inclined direction into the body 1. y

Furthermore, the batch molten glass in the body will dow positivlyjrom the same into the well owing to .the ,inclination of the` bottom 8, and so there .wilimbe no waste of the glass, las every particle thereof will be directed into the well where iig is accessible and removable at its open topi,k

The walls of the well 3 vare at suoli-height in relation to the supply of glass in the` body as to prevent overflow of glass at thtop of said well, and causepthe level of glasrin the well to be that of thetbody, it being evi;

dent that the feed inlet? being open admits-1 ain into the pot, and sotlre glass from the same is permitted to riseftollthe proper level in the well, land owing to the passage 4, the portion of the wall above the same acts as a bridge, whereby the refined molten glass in the body flows under said bridge, and so rises in similar conditiony `into ythe well., whence the glass may be takenput for Working, it being evident also that the floatfring heretofore existing in a 'glass pot, .is dispensed with, and the entire interior ofthe body 1 is unobstructed or clear vfor occupancy by the batch of glass material, but

the refined glass enters the well and rises therein and so glass presents itself at the top to the workman.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A glass melting pot composed of a body closed at the top and having a discharge passage in its side in the wel; portion thereof, and a. Well on side set-out from the saine and having its. top open exterior -of the adjacent Wall of said body and of said top.

and having a closed bottom and beingl inoommunioation With the interior of said body atsaid passage,l and a feed inlet in the Wall of said body above the open top of said Well.

2...'Ayglass melting pot coinposed'of a body Closed-at the' top, a Well seth-out from a wall, y out the same and beyond said top, said .Wall

having in its lower portion a passage foriningy a communicating rpassage for said Wel-l and body, the bottoms of said bodyy and Well lbeings*integrally continuous of each other, the upper face of said bottoms being in-' elined from the rear, ofs'aid body tothey kffrnt y:of said set vvout well.

ilnxa glassirielting pot, a bodyih-avingwfl" i' an integral toplfa Well set out from a Wall ofthe same", said Wall -havingninits lowerY L i 122mm 1 y communication between the body and well,

the 4topfrof said well being directly open froml above outside of the adjacent wal! of said body, the bottoms of said body and well being Continuous of each other and inclined l'inlorokenv throughout from the rear wall oi the pot .to the outer Wall of the well.

f EDGAR A. GILLINDER; i

rl/Vitnesses l oHN "A.' VIEDERSHEIM,

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